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Barack Obama gives the eulogy at the funeral service for John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on July 30.
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Former President Barack Obama, speaking at the funeral service in Atlanta for Congressman John Lewis on Thursday, urged lawmakers to honor the civil-rights icon by making sure every American is able to vote.
“Like John, we have got to fight even harder for the most powerful tool we have, which is the right to vote,” Obama said in the eulogy at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, once led by Martin Luther King Jr.